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Role of carnitine in disease by Flanagan, Judith L, Simmons, Peter A, Vehige, Joseph, Willcox, Mark Dp, Garrett, Qian

“…Carnitine is a conditionally essential nutrient that plays a vital role in energy production and fatty acid metabolism. Vegetarians possess a greater…”
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Review: Myopia control strategies recommendations from the 2018 WHO/IAPB/BHVI Meeting on Myopia by Ang, Marcus, Flanagan, Judith L, Wong, Chee Wai, Müller, Andreas, Davis, Amanda, Keys, Drew, Resnikoff, Serge, Jong, Monica, Wong, Tien Yin, Sankaridurg, Padmaja

“…Myopia is a major public health problem, particularly in East Asia. In this summary report, we present key findings and recommendations on strategies for…”
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High-Throughput Assay of Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) Using a Multichannel Liquid Handling System Coupled with a Microplate Fluorescence Reader in 96-Well Format by Huang, Dejian, Ou, Boxin, Hampsch-Woodill, Maureen, Flanagan, Judith A, Prior, Ronald L

“…The oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay has been widely accepted as a standard tool to measure the antioxidant activity in the nutraceutical,…”
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Analysis of Antioxidant Activities of Common Vegetables Employing Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) and Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) Assays:  A Comparative Study by Ou, Boxin, Huang, Dejian, Hampsch-Woodill, Maureen, Flanagan, Judith A, Deemer, Elizabeth K

“…A total of 927 freeze-dried vegetable samples, including 111 white cabbages, 59 carrots, 51 snap beans, 57 cauliflower, 33 white onions, 48 purple onions, 130…”
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Betaine stabilizes cell volume and protects against apoptosis in human corneal epithelial cells under hyperosmotic stress by Garrett, Qian, Khandekar, Neeta, Shih, Sharon, Flanagan, Judith L., Simmons, Peter, Vehige, Joseph, Willcox, Mark D.P.

“…Elevated tear osmolarity is one of the key pathological factors in dry eye leading to ocular discomfort associated with damage to the ocular surface and…”
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Urinary biomarkers involved in type 2 diabetes: a review by Matheson, Agnès, Willcox, Mark D. P., Flanagan, Judith, Walsh, Bradley J.

“…Diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging health concerns of the 21st century. With at least 30% of the diabetic population remaining undiagnosed,…”
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Lineages of Acidophilic Archaea Revealed by Community Genomic Analysis by Baker, Brett J, Tyson, Gene W, Webb, Richard I, Flanagan, Judith, Hugenholtz, Philip, Allen, Eric E, Banfield, Jillian F

“…Novel, low-abundance microbial species can be easily overlooked in standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based surveys. We used community genomic data…”
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Antioxidant Activity and Polyphenol and Procyanidin Contents of Selected Commercially Available Cocoa-Containing and Chocolate Products in the United States by Miller, Kenneth B, Stuart, David A, Smith, Nancy L, Lee, Chang Y, McHale, Nancy L, Flanagan, Judith A, Ou, Boxin, Hurst, W. Jeffrey

“…In the United States, commercially available foods, including cocoa and chocolate, are being marketed with statements referring to the level of antioxidant…”
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Treatment Practices and Outcomes of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction at a Tertiary Center in Southern India by Lee, Ling, Garrett, Qian, Flanagan, Judith L, Vaddavalli, Pravin K, Papas, Eric B

“…OBJECTIVE:To describe the current treatment practices for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) at a tertiary eye center, together with the subjective outcomes and…”
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Simulation in ophthalmic training by Flanagan, Judith L, De Souza, Neilsen

“…Vision impairment and blindness arise both as a cause, and a consequence, of poverty. Achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in…”
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Development and Validation of Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity Assay for Lipophilic Antioxidants Using Randomly Methylated β-Cyclodextrin as the Solubility Enhancer by Huang, Dejian, Ou, Boxin, Hampsch-Woodill, Maureen, Flanagan, Judith A, Deemer, Elizabeth K

“…We recently reported the improved oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay using fluorescein (FL) as the fluorescent probe. The current ORACFL assay is…”
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Myopia: a growing epidemic by Flanagan, Judith, Fricke, Tim, Morjaria, Priya, Yasmin, Sumrana

“…Myopia is a serious and growing problem that will affect low- or middle-income countries as they become more urbanised – especially when educational demands…”
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Novel Fluorometric Assay for Hydroxyl Radical Prevention Capacity Using Fluorescein as the Probe by Ou, Boxin, Hampsch-Woodill, Maureen, Flanagan, Judith, Deemer, Elizabeth K, Prior, Ronald L, Huang, Dejian

“…A novel fluorometricmethod has been developed to evaluate hydroxyl radical prevention capacity using fluorescein (FL) as the probe. The hydroxyl radical is…”
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Expression and Localization of Carnitine/Organic Cation Transporter OCTN1 and OCTN2 in Ocular Epithelium by Garrett, Qian, Xu, Shunjiang, Simmons, Peter A, Vehige, Joseph, Flanagan, Judith L, Willcox, Mark D

“…The existence of an organic cation transport process in rabbit cornea and conjunctiva that mediates absorption of carnitine has previously been suggested. This…”
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The Case for a More Holistic Approach to Dry Eye Disease: Is It Time to Move beyond Antibiotics? by Tavakoli, Azadeh, Flanagan, Judith Louise

“…Dry eye disease (DED) is one of the most frequent presentations to optometrists with over 16 million US adults (6.8% of adult population) diagnosed as having…”
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When east meets west: the relationship between yin‐yang and antioxidation‐oxidation by Ou, Boxin, Huang, Dejian, Hampsch‐Woodill, Maureen, Flanagan, Judith A.

“…Ancient traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has effectively relied on the theory of yin‐yang balance in diagnoses and treatments of diseases and disorders for…”
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Contact lens deposits, adverse responses, and clinical ocular surface parameters by Zhao, Zhenjun, Naduvilath, Thomas, Flanagan, Judith L, Carnt, Nicole A, Wei, Xiaojia, Diec, Jennie, Evans, Vicki, Willcox, Mark D P

“…To correlate clinical responses during contact lens wear with the amount of protein or cholesterol extracted from lenses after wear. Clinical parameters,…”
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Transport of L-carnitine in human corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells by Xu, Shunjiang, Flanagan, Judith L, Simmons, Peter A, Vehige, Joseph, Willcox, Mark D, Garrett, Qian

“…Previously we demonstrated expression and localization of carnitine/organic cation transporters, OCTN1 and OCTN2, in human corneal and conjunctival epithelia…”
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Characterization of protease IV expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates by CONIBEAR, TimC R, WILLCOX, Mark D. P, FLANAGAN, Judith L, HUA ZHU

“…Expression of protease IV by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during ocular infections contributes significantly to tissue damage. However, several P. aeruginosa strains…”
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Glycerol Monolaurate Inhibits Lipase Production by Clinical Ocular Isolates Without Affecting Bacterial Cell Viability by Flanagan, Judith Louise, Khandekar, Neeta, Zhu, Hua, Watanabe, Keizo, Markoulli, Maria, Flanagan, John Terence, Papas, Eric

“…We sought to determine the relative lipase production of a range of ocular bacterial isolates and to assess the efficacy of glycerol monolaurate (GML) in…”
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